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Protesters Hit Streets Again, Defying Mayor

Demonstrators March in Light Rain in Manhattan

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Adam Janos

Dec. 23, 2014 9:55 p.m. ET

Hundreds of protesters took to Manhattan’s streets Tuesday evening to rally against what they say is unfair treatment by the New York Police Department, in defiance of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s call for a halt to demonstrations until two slain police officers are laid to rest.

In a light rain, a rally grew from several dozen protesters at 59th Street and Fifth Avenue to a group of several hundred snaking through the city’s streets, at...